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NOTICE. 


Patents upon Beaver Board are now pending 
in the United States Patent Office. 

All manufacturers and users are hereby 
warned that any imitation or infringement of 
our Trade Mark or Patents will be prosecuted 
by us to the full extent of the law. 

Attention is also called to the fact that this 
booklet (including all illustrations and printed 
matter) is copyrighted, and we _ herewith 
caution the public against copying the same or 
any part thereof. All rights are reserved. 


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FOREWORD. 


The increasing demand for Beaver Board 
throughout the United States and abroad, to- 
gether with the many inquiries received re- 
garding this product from interested persons, 
has led to the preparation of this booklet. The 
questions daily asked us are here answered. 
A book dealing with an article in general can 
not always answer the questions dealing with 
specific cases. This fact is appreciated by the 
manufacturers of Beaver Board. .and they 
therefore invite your questions with reference 
to the specific use to which you may want to 
put their product. They are never too busy to 
answer any questions. Your inquiries will 
receive prompt attention. Remember they con- 
sider it a favor to serve you in this wise. 

The manufacturers of Beaver Board also 
maintain a suggestion department. This de- 
partment is at the service of every person 
contemplating the use of Beaver Board. It 
will answer questions regarding the sizes best 
adapted to your rooms, the manner of decorat- 
ing same and the panel design most effective. 
All that is necessary to receive the service, is to 
send specific information showing the size of 
the rooms, the location of each window, door 
and other opening, giving also the direction 


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DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY CHAS. ROHLFS, BUFFALO, N. Y¥. 
DINING ROOM 
In the home of Anna Katherine Green, 
Buffalo, N.Y. 


which the windows face and the obstructions 
to the light. The most effective way of furnish- 
ing this information is to draw a plan of the 
room to the scale of one quarter inch to the 
foot. 

This booklet deals especially with Beaver 
Finished Wall Board. This board takes the 
place of both lath and plaster. It eliminates 
unsanitary wall paper. It can be painted with 
an oil or cold water paint. 


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It is susceptible to the finest artistic decora- 
tion, whether it be frescoing, tinting or hand 
painting. The only limit is the skill of the 
decorator or artist. This board is used for 
private dwellings, offices, stores, colleges, club 
houses, summer cottages, public halls, churches 
and theatres. No building is too humble nor 
is there any too fine for its use. It is the 
ideal wall and ceiling material. 

A question that is frequently being asked is 
‘Will you fill small orders?’’ We take this 
opportunity of saying that no order is too 
small to meet with our prompt and careful 
attention. 

It is a rule in our shipping department to 
have every order go forward the day following 
its receipt, and if possible it will be shipped 
the same day. Should any order be delayed 
by causes beyond our control, immediate notice 
will be given. 


BEAVER FINISHED WALL BOARD 


is made of pure wood fibre, specially treated 
and subjected to great pressure. It is made 
in panels of various sizes, but of a uniform 
thickness of a scant 3-16 of an inch... It has.a 
mat or pebbled surface; it is light, but tough 
and strong. It will resist a steady pressure of 


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440 pounds when placed on studding centered 
at 16 inches. This is a greater strain than is 
ordinarily upon walls and ceilings. . In 
the manufacture of this board care is taken 
to cross the fibre to render it a sound deadener. 
It is the ideal wall and ceiling material for this 
reason. It is used for partition walls, telephone 
booths, consultation closets and other purposes 
requiring a sound-deadening material. 

The crossing of the fibres likewise make it 
a non-conductor of heat and cold. Buildings , 
finished with it are warm in winter and cool in 
summer. , 


LIVING ROOM IN A SUMMER COTTAGE. 


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BILLIARD ROOM 
Buffalo Launch Club, 


Beaver Board is easily and readily applied. 
It can be cut with a knife or a saw. It nails 
directly to the studding. Anyone with a 
hammer, knife and saw can do it. It com- 
pletely supplants both lath and plaster, pos- 
sessing all the advantages of the latter, without 
a disadvantage. 

Beaver Board gives a firm, hard wall, which 
will improve with age. It will conform to any 
ordinary shrinkage or swelling of the timbers 
of the house. It will not crack or disintegrate. 


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Wall paper is eliminated wherever Beaver 
Board is used. It takes any paint or tint. It 
is susceptible to any color or blend of colors, 
and therefore, responds to the finest artistic 
decoration. Wall paper is expensive. Then, 
too, it harbors vermin. Where is the house 
who welcomes the paper-hanger? Who enjoys 
the litter and dirt he makes? Beaver Board 
can be quickly and easily repainted or tinted, 
and with lasting results. There is no litter or 
dirt. | 

Panel decoration is in vogue. No wall and 
ceiling material is better adapted for this 
purpose. 


With the thirty-three sizes in which Beaver 
Finished Wall Board is made, a great variety 
of paneling can be obtained. Every panel of 
Beaver Finished Wall Board is made with 
straight edges and square corners. These 
panels are packed in bundles of convenient size 
for handling. 


Cottage, Thousand Islands. 
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TABLE OF SIZES OF BEAVER BOARD. 


Size of Square ft. Panels Square ft. 


panel. per panel. per bdl. per bdl. 
24x24 4 50 200 
24x30 5 40 200 
24x32 5 1-3 36 192 
24x36 6 ay 198 
24x39 61-2 30 195 
24x48 8 25 200 
24x60 10 20 200 
24x64 : 10 2-3 18 192 
24x72 12 17 204 
24x78 13 16 208 
32x30 6 2-3 30 200 
32x32 Tat-9 27 192 
32x36 8 25 200 
32x39 8 2-3 24 208 
32x42 9 1-3 21 196 
32x48 10 2-3 18 192 
32x54 12 é 17 204 
32x60 188103 15 200 
32x64 1492/9 Taig 199 1-9 
32x72 16 12 192 
32x78 17 1-3 12 208 
32x81 18 tt 198 
32x84 18 2-3 10 186 2-3 


36x36 9 22 198 


Size ot Square ft. | Panels Square ft. 


panel. per panel. _ per bd. per bdl. 
36x64 16 12 192 
36x72 18 11 198 
48x36 12 17 204 
48x39 13 16 208 
48x48 16 12 192 
48x60 20 10 200 
48x64 21 1-3 9 192 
48x72 24 8 192 
48x78 26 8 208 


DORMITORY, NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, 
In which Beaver Boards is used. 


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REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD USE 
BEAVER BOARD. 


You can quickly obtain a permanent wall 
susceptible to attractive and artistic decora- 
tion. 

You can enter your house as soon as the 
carpenter leaves. 

You do not have to wait for plaster to dry— 
the walls can be decorated at once. 

You can reach the plumbing, heating pipes, 
electric wiring, etc., by removing the panel at 
the desired point. 

You can erect partitions in any room at a 
small cost by placing studding where it is 
desired, and covering with Beaver Board. 

You can obtain a new wall decoration at any 
time at a small expense. 

You can build a warm house as cheaply as 
a cold one. A house finished with Beaver 
Board is warm in winter and cool in summer, 
beeause of its non-conductive qualities. 

Beaver Board is practical, economical, age 
and readily applied. 

Beaver Board is free from dirt and other 
foreign substances. It is made from selected 
pure wood fibre. 

Beaver Board has straight edges and square 


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DINING ROOM 
Buffalo Launch Club. 


corners. It will not chip, crack or disintegrate. 

Beaver Board nails directly to the studding 
—a great saving of time, labor and cost. 

Beaver Board is the only wall and ceiling 
material that improves with age. 
ADVANTAGES OVER LATH, PLASTER 

AND WOOD. 

Beaver Board will not crack or deteriorate 
with age. 

It has strength and firmness. 

It is the cheapest wall covering per year 


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on the market. 
No waiting for plaster to dry. Walls can be 
finished at once. 


It retains its uniformity of surface. 


It is a beautifier of hitherto unused portions 
of the house, and can be used where ys sh is 
impractical. 


Houses can be finished ready for decorating 
without the carpenter leaving them. 


No skilled workmen required; any one with 
a hammer and saw can apply ibs 


Nails directly to: the studding, completely 
replacing lath and plaster. 


It will conform to any ordinary shrinking 
or swelling..of the studding. 

Wall. paper... is -unnecessary, because the 
board can be painted or tinted. 

The ordinary spring or give in ceiling beams 
which cracks plaster does not effect Beaver 
Board. 


It is particularly suited for sleeping rooms, 
sewing rooms and nurseries on account of its 
sanitary and hygienic qualities. 

Partitions may be put up in plastered rooms 
at a reasonable cost by placing studding at a 
point where a partition is desired and covering 
with Beaver Board. 


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By its use the danger of falling plaster is 
eliminated. 


The refuse and dirt incident to plastering 
and replastering are entirely eliminated by the 
use of Beaver Board. 


It is designed to overcome all objectionable 
features of a plastered wall. It will take any 
tint or paint. It contains no acid to eat the 
coloring material. 


Beaver Board is a non-conductor of heat and 
eold. It makes houses cool in summer and 
warm in winter. Parties living in houses lined 
with Beaver Board during the cold winter 
months pronounce them the warmest they have 
ever lived in. 


AN ARTISTIC CEILING 


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HEAT, COLD AND SOUND. 

Beaver Board is efficient in retarding sound 
and holding heat and cold, because of its 
fibrous nature. Heat, cold and sound follow 
the line of least resistance which in a fibre is 
along its length. The line of conduction is 
broken to meet this condition. The fibres are 
erossed and recrossed so that the heat and 
cold and sound waves are scattered and spent. 
To insure the greatest possible resistance to 
these waves of sound, heat and cold, Beaver 
Board is made up in three ples. Around the 
fibres of each section are minute air spaces or 
eclls, which are filled with still air. Still air 
is the best non-conductive material known. 


SOUND DEADENING. 

The following table by Professor Sabine of 
Harvard University shows the relative merits 
of various materials as sound deadeners. This 
table is supplemented by the result obtained in 
comparative tests with Beaver Board. The 
unit of measure is the absorbing and deadening 


power of one cubic meter (39.37 cubic inches) 
of still air. 


Beaver Board, regular thickness....... 118 
FiareuetOr MUPALNINGY csc ee ce ce coke 061 
PL ARECEROTIS-W QOUM SEN ea oes ecke eee 034 
GA Lenr nie, W inertia. 8, ob aie eee .033 
aks Ee SInele: SL NICKHICSS ... oe edt wate sche 027 


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RESISTANCE TO HEAT AND COLD. 


The following table shows the relative heat 
and cold conductive power of the various 
materials listed, based on the quantity of heat, 
in units, transmitted per square foot per hour 
by a plate one inch thick, the two surfaces 
differing in temperature 1 degree. Taken from 
the experiments of M. P’eclet, supplemented 
by comparative tests with Beaver Board: 


COopDer ian 2: itasacaseas ype mee ear rarer 515 
Tron 23. eee SB ae ene Caen 233 
FAN Cs S26 ai a ce ogee inne eae eo ee 220. 
Baked-Glay,cbrick work: esses 4.83 
Ordinary. Plaster. ..2o.coi esters een 3.86 
Oak perpendicular to the fibres....... pe] ei) 
Walnut perpendicular to the fibres.... 83 
Fir perpendicular to the fibres........ 748 
Fir, parallel*to’ the fibres...) 57 e-em 1.37 
Walnut, parallel to the fibres.......... 1.40 
GuttacPercha 2) Sos 024 ae eet ee 1.38 
India:-Rubber.) 3. 2k oe 1.37 
Conk?! suka eatin Es ee 1.15 
Chali 03.03 200 8 ip ea .869 
Charcoal, of wool, in powder........- .636 
Wood ashes gg). +-p ib) at > hoe ol 
Mahogany “dust iether oe 523 
Béayer Boards: . <i 7.01.2 ee 274 


Beaver Board possesses no heat radiating 
surface. 

The following proves it is cheaper to build 
a warm house than to heat a cold one: 


Mr. C. E. Hess, City. Cherry Creek, N. Y. 


Dear Sir:—If you have not as yet made the 
storm doors and windows ordered from you 
in the fall, please do not do so, as I find 
BEAVER FINISHED WALL BOARD with 
which you lined my house keep the rooms nice 
and warm, in fact it is the warmest house 
I ever lived in, and do not think it necessary 
to have this extra protection. | 

Yours very truly, G. W. KELLE. 


ROOM IN CLUB HOUSE 
Of Buffalo Exempt Firemen’'s Ass'n. 


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FIRE RESISTING. 


Beaver Board is not fire-proof, but is slow 
burning and fire resisting. The surface of 
Beaver Board, without any fire-proofing treat- 
ment resists fire for a longer period than wood. 
Buildings finished with Beaver Board there- 
fore obtain the same insurance rate as those 
finished with plaster. 


“BEAVER BOARD SAVED THE 
BUILDING..”’ 


Beaver Finished Wall Board is used for 
partitions in office buildings. In one set of 
Buffalo offices the partitions were of matched 
lumber and Beaver Finished Wall Board. A 
fire in this office consumed the lumber, but 
beyond scorching the Beaver Board did no 
damage to it, and the fire was retarded causing 
the opening remark. 


COMPARATIVE COST. 


In plastering you pay for the material and 
labor necessary to cover the doors and 
windows and other openings, not exceeding 
60 sq. ft. In covering closets it is also the cus- 
tom to charge for an additional one-half of the 
area covered. If the shelves, hook rails, etc., 


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are in place, the area is doubled. ‘Triangles 
and other irregular spaces are measured as 
though square, the longest leg or edge being 
used as a base. Do not pay for labor and 
material not received. 


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STORE 
Buffalo, N. Y. 


In using Beaver Board only the quantity 
actually necessary to cover the wall is pur- 
chased. Allowance is made for windows, doors 
and other openings. Anyone with a hammer 
and saw can apply the board. No charge for 
labor not rendered. 


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Plaster after being applied must be sized 
and papered. Beaver Board can be painted 
with an oil paint. The cost of an oil paint is 
cheaper than paper. It is far more durable. 
It is not true economy to save on the purchase 
price alone—you must also save on the cost of 
maintenance. Use Beaver Board and do both, 
and so practice the truest kind of economy. 

It is a common occurence for plastered 
ceilings to fall. Personal injury frequently 
accompanies it. Watch your newspaper for 
these accidents. Their number will surprise 
you. 


To receive warning by the cracking and 
loosening of the plaster is bad enough, but 
how much worse to have apparently good 
plaster drop without any warning. This is not, 
because of the quality of the plaster, neither. 
is it because of the workmanship. It is caused: 
by the lack of sufficient elasticity in the plaster. 
to conform to the shrinking and expanding of 
timbers, and the settling of the house, and is 
also caused by the use of poor lath. 


Beaver Board possesses the required elasti- 
city to meet the ordinary shrinkage and expan- 
sion of the timbers, also strain ordinarily 
experienced when the building settles. It will 
not crack or fall. | 


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An important feature in comparing the cost 
of Beaver Board with that of lath, plaster and 
wall paper is the fact that frequent cost of 
repapering and even replastering is saved. 
The cost of maintenance is represented only by 
the expense of the Beaver colors and paints 
for tinting, and they are supplied at a nominal 
charge. 


MEETING ROOM 
Buffalo Miik Bottle Exchange, 


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YOUR HOUSE 

is what you make it. Is it a home? A place 
to eat and sleep anyone can have—but a home. 
Your ambition has long been to possess it. 
You have sought for it in the highways and 
the byways. It was ever elusive. Finally you 
realized that it was not the pile of brick that 
you longed for, but surroundings—an atmos- 
phere of comfort. This realization is trans- 
forming the four walls that have been your 
shelter into your home. 


YOUR RECEPTION HALL 


is where your guest receives his first impres- 
sion. How important it is that the homely 
charm makes itself felt in this room. Let it 
express a subtle welcome, which is stronger 
than words. How ean it be done? There are 
many answers. Ours is, ‘‘With Beaver 
Board.’’ 

Beaver Finished Wall Board will aid in 
obtaining homelike surroundings. Its suscepti- 
bility to the artistic gives opportunity for in- 
dividuality. It is impossible to describe all 
the designs suited to your hall, but we describe 
one of general adaptability. Its lines are 
straight but not conventional. Slight changes, 
which alter the whole scheme, are possible. 


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It is a wainscot and frieze design. The wain- 
scot may be either 6 ft. or 7 ft. in height, 
though the latter height is recommended. 
Panels 32 inches wide are used. These panels 
are nailed directly to the studding and then 


RECEPTION HALL 


painted with an oil or cold water paint of any 
desired tint or color. At a height of 18 inches 
or two feet from the bottom, a 3-inch batten is 
placed, another 12 or 18 inches from the top; 
the panel is now divided into three parts. The 
lower section is No. 1, the middle section is No. 
2 and the top No. 3. Next the vertical seams 
or joints are covered with a batten 3 inches in 


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width. Section 1 and 2 are then finished by 
running 3-inch or smaller battens diagonally 
from corner to corner. Section 2 by running 
a batten parallel to the battens covering the 
vertical seams and equidistant from them. 

The wainseot is now complete, except for 
the crown or top molding. Before this is put 
in place, the frieze must be finished. This 
frieze is made of long panels of the proportion- 
ate width. It is decorated in light color and 
stenciled with an appropriate design. 

The crown or top molding used for top of 
wainscot may be either a molding of simple 
design or a narrow wall shelf. 

In section No. 3 there can be placed coat 
hooks, offering a silent but forceful invitation 
to the guest to hang up his hat, remove his coat 
and make himself at home. 


YOUR LIVING ROOM, 


the heart of your family. Here everything 
must be cheerful and uplifting. _Many hours 
are spent together in this room. Hours when 
the cares and worries of the outside world are 
forgotten. It is here that the family ties are 
knit the closer. Here that the development of 
the children is watched and nourished. Here 
it is that your most intimate friends find good 


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Living Room, Bertie Bay, Canada. 


eheer and good fellowship. Its atmosphere 
should speak it. 


Such a room can be obtained by using 
Beaver Finished Wall Board. A simple sug- 
gestion is a five-foot wainscot of Beaver 
Finished Wall Board, size 48x60, painted a 
deep shade of the desired color. Three or four 
inch battens placed on centers at 16 in. at 
the height of four ft., a cross batten is placed. © 
If the ceiling is nine ft. in height, panels 48x48 
are used for finishing the balance of the walls. 
These panels are decorated in such a manner 
as to blend from the colors of the wainscot 


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into the light color of the ceiling. The ceiling - 
to be finished in a beamed effect by using long 
panels and false beams. All woodwork to be 
finished in harmony with furniture. 

This suggestion ean readily be adapted to 
individual taste and requirements. Write us 
for other ideas. 


LIVING AND DINING ROOM, 
Isle of Pine, West Indies. 


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YOUR PARLOR 


is not the old-fashioned parlor, a room used 
only occasionally. It is one of the used rooms 
of the house. It is here that you entertain 
acquaintances with whom you are not upon 
such terms of intimacy as will warrant an 
invitation to join the family circle in the 
living room. It therefore should be subtlely 
attractive; bespeaking a homliness that im- 
mediately places your caller at ease. The 
decoration of the wall and ceiling aids wonder- 
fully in obtaining this result. 


Paneled walls are attractive. Judge for 
yourself. A parlor finished with Beaver 
Board, painted ecru, a floral stencil design cen- 
tered at the top of each panel. Panel 32 inches 
wide and either 72, 78 or 84 inches long. The 
paneling produced by covering the seams or 
joints with a dainty beading or molding of 
appropriate design stained either mahogany 
or a dark weathered oak. The frieze finished 
in a white with a stencil design of floral loops. 

The ceiling panels radiating from a center 
piece of appropriate size and decoration. Ceil- 
ing white. The color scheme mentioned above 
is but one of many suited to this room. A color 
or decorative scheme is of necessity decided 
by the furnishings of the room. It would, 


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therefore, be fruitless, to here attempt a de- 
scription that would meet every requirement. 

You are invited to call upon our suggestion 
and decorative department for any desired in- 
formation. 


YOUR LIBRARY. 


The room of peace and quietness. In the 
midst yet apart from the world. It is here one 
withdraws to spend many quiet hours with 
old friends. Many knotty problems that daily 
confront us are solved midst its quiet environs. 
But above all, our best thoughts are found and 


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cultivated here. It is truly the inspirational 
room. No distracting influence is wanted. 

All requirements are met again. Beaver 
Finished Wall Board with its sound deadening 
qualities is the material for the walls and ceil- 
Ings. 

Book-cases are built in. Above this is a 
frieze of panels of an appropriate size to hold 
the portraits of the favored authors. Walls 
tinted a quiet color of a shade that absorbs 
little light. 

An arched ceiling in timbered effect will be 
found attractive. False beams can be used to 
obtain this result. The panels painted a light 
color and stenciled with the general design of | 
your bookplate. 

Your wants may be other. Let us know your 
wishes. We will gladly assist you in obtain- 
ing wished-for results. Do not hesitate; write 
to-day. . 


Adirondack Mountain Cottage, 
Finished with Beaver Board. 


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Corner in a California Library. ; 


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YOUR DINING ROOM. 


Here the family gathers at regular hours to 
partake of the food necessary to physical well 
being. ‘‘Good Cheer’’ is the motto to be fol- 
lowed in its finish and furnishings. A feeling 
of good felowship should be here cultivated. 
Eating for the sake of eating is bad. The 
social side should be developed; so when the 
family gather around the board, the thought is, 
again we gather for our family’s social hour. 


In obtaining the cheerful atmosphere, the 
walls and ceilings aid materially. By using 
Beaver Board, cheerful and dignified effects 
are readily obtained. 


A wainseot is desirable; the height in pro- 
portion to the height of the room. This 1s 
obtained by using Beaver Finished Wall Board 
and paneling in squares of the size desired by 
using battens. At the top of the wainscot a 
plate rail or wall shelf is desirable, upon which 
to place choice plates and rare pieces of china. 


Above the plate rail, panels decorated with 
an appropriate stencil design form a frieze. 


The ceiling beamed, the beams forming 
square panels. False beams can be used here 
also. 


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Looking into Dining Room from 
Living Room 


BED ROOMS. 


Beaver Finished Wall Board is ideal for 
bed-rooms. It is sanitary. It lends itself read- 
ily to the delicate tints and colors so desirable: . 
in these rooms. The monotony of plain walls 
is relieved by the unobstrusive paneling ob- 
tained by painting a beading of simple design ¥ 
the same light color as the walls are finished. The 
frieze or border decorated with a floral stencil 
design, harmonizing with the pattern in the 
Chintz curtains, will be found effective. 


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ATTICS. 


Nature teaches us many things, among which 
is the doctrine of no waste. To utilize waste 
of every description is the aim of economists. 
The area of attic space wasted each year in the 
United States, if finished in sleeping apart- 
ments, would acommodate over one-half the 
population. Do you get the best use of your 
attic? Or is it only a store room? The catch- 
all for cast-off articles. . 

Of course it is not practical to use plaster 
in finishing attics, because the exposed posi- 


ATTIC BILLIARD ROOM 


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tion causes the timbers to contract and expand, 
cracking the plaster. Beaver Board has suf- 
ficient elasticity to conform to the ordinary 
changes so occasioned and will not crack. The 
non-conduetive quality of Beaver Board checks 
the heat from the direct rays of the sun on the 
roof in the summer and in the winter prevents 
the heat from passing out through the roof. 


An Attic Bed Room. 


You can, therefore, save the waste space of 
the attic by using Beaver Board, finishing it off 
into attractive and habitable dens, recreation 


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rooms, billiard rooms, nurseries or comfortable 
sleeping rooms. 

The saving in the cost of heating the house, 
after it is finished with Beaver Board, will 
surprise you. These and other savings ac- 
complished by Beaver Board reduce its cost 
below that of any wall and ceiling material. 


LEADING SCIENTISTS TELL US 


that the transmission of heat and cold from 
interiors to exteriors, and vice-versa, through 
the walls of the house, attic or room, can be re- 
duced about one-half by lining same with a 
non-conductive material, such as Beaver Board, 
which forms closed air spaces between the 
studding. 

To illustrate: during the winter months, as- 
suming that the average temperature of the 
house is 70 degrees Fahr., and that the attic 
before lining is 20 degrees, after lining the 
average temperature of the attic will be about 
40 degrees, and the difference between the 
temperature of the house and the attic will 
be about 30 degrees instead of 50 degrees, 
thereby making a saving of 20 degrees in the 
loss of heat by transmission. 3 

The same principle holds true during the 
hot months of summer. Lining the roof-beams 


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and studding with Beaver Board forming 
closed air spaces, reduces in the same pro- 
portion the heat caused by the direct rays of 
the sun on the roof. 


The third floor or attic has been taken as an 
example for it is probable that more heat is 
lost there than in any other part of the house. 
The gain or loss resulting from good or bad 
insulation under the roof affects the tempera- 
ture of the whole house so that’ by the ex- 
penditure of a little money in the lining of the 
third floor with the Beaver Board, not only 
gives additional habitable and desirable room 
space but adds to the general comfort of the 
house and reduces the cost of heating it. 

It resists cold, wind and frost. Being a non- 
conductor of heat and cold, it eliminates the 
dangers that are common to damp walls, and 
which impair the health in many homes. 


Third Floor. 
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OFFICES. 


The interior construction of office buildings 
has long been a serious question with the 


WHITE BUILDING 
One of Buffalo’s Finest Office Buildings, 
in which Beaver Board is used for Office Partitions 


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owners. They’ are constantly being required 
to put up or tear down walls and partitions 
for many of their tenants. These walls must 
be substantial and in keeping with the general 
finish of the building. The use of hollow tile 
and plaster is expensive and causes delay and 
a litter of dirt. 


Corner in an Office of 
WHITE BUILDING 
Showing Partition Built of Beaver Board. 


Beaver Board has demonstrated in many 
ways its superiority for this purpose. It is 
quickly and inexpensively apphed, causing 


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no inconvenience to the tenant. The accom- 
panying illustration shows how any office can 
be matched with Beaver Board. The panels 
are nailed toa 2x2 or 2x 4 studding placed on 
16-inch centers. ‘The panel design is arranged 
to conform with the surrounding walls. If, 
as shown in this illustration, it is not desired 
to show the vertical battens, the entire sur- 
face is covered with a decorator’s cambric or 
cheese cloth, applied with paste and then 
painted. When dry, the same trimmings as 
used in the office are nailed in position and 
the work is complete. The result is most satis- 
factory and the walls have the appearance of 
being made of tile and plaster; give longer 
service, and yet can be taken down or moved 
without inconvenience to the tenant and with 
very little expense to the owner. 


PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 


Beaver Board is the practical material for 
covering the large wall and ceiling areas of 
public and semi public buildings as it resists 
the strain of vibration met in our large build- 
ings, still possessing sufficient elasticity to con- 
form to this strain. It will not crack. 

Beaver Board is practical for office partitions. 
Its lightness and strength combined with the 


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cleanliness and ease of application gives it first 
place among materials for this purpose. 

Beaver Board is a sound deadener. A sound 
deadener of necessity possesses good acoustic 
properties. The ease with which one can be 
heard in halls, auditoriums, churches and other 
publie places, finished with Beaver Board, has 
been remarked by speakers and singers. 

For this reason it is used in finishing aud- 
itoriums, halls, churches, opera houses, thea- 
tres and other public buildings. These same | 
qualities make it the desirable wall and ceiling 
material for apartment houses, lodge rooms, 
offices, consultation closets and _ telephone 
booths; in fact, any place requiring a sound 
deadening material. 

Lastly, but by no means least, it possesses 
susceptibility to artistic decoration. The only 
limit is the skill of the decorator. 


HOW TO USE BEAVER BOARD. 


The successful use of any article depends up- 
on the knowledge of the article possessed by 
the user. It, therefore, behooves everyone con- 
templating the purchase and use of anything 
to first acquaint himself with its nature; then 
the methods to secure the best results. It is 
the purpose of this booklet to acquaint you 
generally with the nature and use of Beaver 


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Finished Wall Board. There are, of course, 
specific cases in which the general rules will 
not apply. Should your need be one of these, 
write us fully about it. We will be pleased to 
give your questions prompt reply. We are 
never too busy. 


NATURE. 


Beaver Finished Wall Board is made of 
shredded pure wood fibre, carefully selected. 
These fibres are pressed into panels of various 
sizes but of a uniform thickness. Wood is the 
basis of this board; it is, therefore, a lumber 
product. It responds to the same treatment. 

In the manufacture of Beaver Board, there 
is a certain percentage of moisture left in the 
board so that after being nailed to the stud- 
ding, it will draw out tightly like a drum head 
forming a firm bard wall. | 


Climatie conditions differ greatly in various 
parts of the country. Where the board is used 
in a dry climate or exposed to heat, the bundles 
should be opened and each panel exposed to 
the air for at least forty-eight hours before 
using so as to become acclimated. This will 
eliminate part of the moisture still leaving suf- 
ficient to produce a firm smooth wall. 


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METHOD, 


First—Decide upon the panel design. Then 
determine the size panels best suited to this 
design and room. With due care, little, if 
any, cutting will be necessary. See table of 
sizes, pages 9 and 10. 


STUOY HALL 
Santa Clara College, Santa Clara, Cal. 


Second—Place headers at least 2 x 2 inches 
between the studding, at the required intervals, 
to which to nail the ends of the board. Nail 
the edges and ends of the panel with Beaver 
No. 14 11-8 inch flat head nails. Keeping the 


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panel flat and even while nailing so as to pro- 
duce a perfect effect. Place these nails three 
inches apart, close enough to the edge to be 
concealed by the beading. Nail the board to 
the intermediate studding with Beaver No. 15 
1 1-4 inch Brad Head Nails, placed three inches 
apart. Countersink the heads of these nails 
and cover them with Beaver Crack Filler, so 
they will be concealed when the wall is painted. 

Third—After the board is nailed in place, 
it is painted or otherwise decorated. Then the 
seams or joints are concealed by beading or 
battens. Attractive and artistic paneling is 
thus procured. A variety is possible because 
of the many sizes in which this board is of- 
fered. Paneling has been, is now, and always 
will be an effective wall and ceiling decora- 
tion. 


Any slight contraction or expansion due to 
climatic changes is accommodated by the draw 
or pressure on the nails and concealed by the 
beading or battens. 


To Cvt Beaver Board—To fit panels around 
windows, doors and, other openings, use fine 
tooth saw or a heavy knife—knife to be drawn 
across the surface of the board, guided by 
any straight edge after which the board may 
be bent back so as to break along the line cut. 


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While board can be fitted to come just un- 
der the edge of the base board, window and 
door trim, it is better to carry it down to the 
floor and clear to the frame of the openings 
so as to provide better insulation. 


DECORATIVE HINTS. 


Beaver Finished Wall Board can be painted 
any color or tint with oil or cold water paint. 
Oil paint is preferred because it is more dur- 


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able, and as it permits the cleansing of the 
walls with a damp cloth, and it can also be re- 
painted. If oil paint is used the board is first 
painted with Beaver First Coat Filler and then 
painted one or two coats of the selected color 
as desired. One coat for a flat finish; two 
coats for a gloss. The ceilings should be fin- 
ished first, the border next, and the side walls 
last. 

Water color is applied without the first coat 
filler. The best results are obtained by the 
use of two coats. Delicate shades and tints 
are easily obtained by means of necessary 
colors. When dry the stained or painted bead- 
ing, base board window and door trim, etcet- 
era, is nailed to position. 


The room is then complete ready for im- 
mediate occupancy. 

The permanent and artistic effects so easily 
produced with Beaver Finished Wall Board 
appeal to all. Especially so, since these re- 
sults are obtained at a minimum effort and 
expense. 

After the board is nailed to the studding 
(for the simplicity of this see directions, page 
42, the board is painted the color desired. 
Hither an oil or a cold water paint can be used 
in any tint or color, blend of tints or colors. 


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In the selection of colors it is always well to 
consider the location of the room and the direc- 
tion of its exposure. Then the obstructions, 
either natural or artificial to the ght. In 
a room receiving little light a color possessing 
reflecting rather than absorbing qualities is 
desired. Such a room looks better in white 
than red. 


The colors must also be selected with regard 
to the colors in portiers, rugs and other fur- 
nishings. These having been selected also with 
regard to light. 


Crescent Beach Ontario Cottage. 


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BEAVER VENEERS. 


New and Inexpensive artistic decorations with 
hard and fancy wood veneers. 


Photograph of panel built of Setectea Quartered Oak 
BEAVER VENEERING 


BEAVER FLEXIBLE VENEERS. 


Beaver Flexible Veneers are made from spe- 
cial wood fibres of the consistency of paper 
eut into strips 24 inches wide and 25 feet long, 
in rolls of 50 square feet. These veneers repro- 


. 


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duce accurately the various woods with 
natural variation of the grain and when fin- 
ished and varnished cannot be detected, except 
by an expert, from the rich and rare woods 
they represent. c 
Beaver Flexible Veneers are proving inter- 
esting to users of fancy hardwoods, especially 
architects and interior decorators. These ve- 
neers are a new manufactured product, and are 
destined in a large measure to replace fancy 
hardwoods as a medium of interior decorations. 
They equal in beauty and practicability the 
best wood finishes. Figure, grain, shade and 
color are reproduced with absolute accur- 
acy. Cost varying from 14 to 1-10 of other 
veneers. Their application is simple; their 
beauty durable and their use economical. 


The high quality and low cost of Beaver 
Flexible Veneers render them indispensable 
to trades engaged in the work of decoration. 


It is not possible to get a fair idea of the 
artistic appearance and true reproduction of 
Beaver Flexible Veneers from small samples. 
Results are so flattering that they are being 
used by furniture and piano manufacturers— . 
they will please the most exacting connoiseurs. 
We herewith print an extract from an expert 
commenting upon this veneering. | 


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“The sample I am now returning proved of 
much interest to the people here, who pro- 
nounce it a very remarkable imitation; in fact, 
no one of those whose business it is and has 
been for years to handle wood is able to so far 
deceive himself as to think he could tell it from 
the real article.’’ 

Adapted for private residences, offices, 
hotels, cafes, clubs, society rooms, public halls, 
churches and theatres. 

Beaver Flexible Veneers can be used success- 
fully with artistic effect as border flooring 
when properly applied by experienced paper- 
hangers and protected with heavy floor var- 
nishes. - 


Suggestion for Den 


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BEAVER VENEERED PANELS. 


A most exquisite board—a perfect substitute 
for natural woods, giving all the richness of 
grain and color so as to defy even experts—can 
be used wherever the natural fine woods are 
desired in producing the popular artistic panel- 
ing decoration which is all thé rage today, 
especially for halls, dining rooms, libraries, 
dens, ete. See current literature on decoration. 
This veneered board is ‘‘BEAVER FINISHED 
WALL BOARD” laminated with Beaver Flexi- 
ble Veneer, an exact reproduction in every 
respect of any of the fine woods, and that, too, 
at a cost which is insignificant in comparison 
with the actual wood—fulfills every demand 
that can be made upon it. 


Suggestion for Cottage 
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SIZES. 

94x94 24x48 24x60 24x64 24x72 24x78 

Also furnished in panels 32 and 48 inches 
wide in regular lengths, the veneering being 
made up of two pieces of veneering carefully 
matched. | 

Comprehensive booklets containing nineteen 
4-inch by 8-inch samples of Beaver Flexible ~ 
Veneers, including three bark veneers with an 
extra varnished sample and directions for their 
application, together with a sample of Beaver — 
Veneered Panel and Beaver Veneered Beading, 
will be mailed free of cost to all listed Wall 
Paper Dealers and Decorators on request. 

Anyone, however, may obtain these samples 
by forwarding ten cents in stamps to cover 
postage and part of expense of preparation as 
the cost does not permit of gratuitous distri- 


bution. 

A LIST OF BEAVER FLEXIBLE VENEERS. 
Massy Crip. , Selected Quartered Oak. 
Ampotlanie = Baltic Supula. 

Chicut. . Mexican Applewood. 
Green Sumach. Mission. 

Malachite. ~ 3 Superior Walnut. 
Persian Fresco. Rosewood. 

Rustic. | Mahogany. 

Shinto Cocobola. Golden Oak. 


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PAPER-HANGING IN PANELS 


Excerpt from A. Bryant Parker’s Article in 
Indoors and Out. 


‘It has come about that the better sort of 
wall papers, imported to help make the Ameri- 
can house beautiful, are again hung in panels, 
and this return to the correct principles of 
mural decoration is mainly due to the influence 
of recent architectural achievement, followed 
by an intelligent decorative treatment of in- 
teriors in the styles of the periods indicated by 
the work of the architects.’’ 

‘‘The room paneled in wall papers is good 
from an artistic point of view, presenting a 
series of framed decorative pictures, while not 
the least advantage of this style of wall decora- 
tion is the sanitary feature in the treatment 
of bed chambers, for instance, after the panel 
moldings of wood have been fixed and the 
ceiling has been tinted in distemper, the wall 
spaces around the panels and the moldings 
themselves are painted in oil color, toned to 
suit the woodwork or the background of the 
paper tself. This obviates the use of paper 
in the corners and above the baseboard, and 

renders the walls practically washable, except- 
“ing the panel surfaces, which are easily 
cleansed by a dry process.”’ 


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The above illustration gives one design for panel 
decoration and shows the possibility of an in- 
finite variety of artistic designs for Beaver 
Board Paneling to suit the taste 

: of the builder. 


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‘The infinite variety of decorative effects to 
- be had in connection with the use of wall paper 
» in panels is, of course, apparent to the skilled 
designer, but the simplicity of execution must 
3 commend itself even to the amateur who is dis- 
posed to dispense with the services of the pro- 
 fSsetorial decorator.’ 
_ “Perhaps a strong inducement to use the 
panel in wall paper decoration, is the manifest 
facility with which an interior so decorated 
may be changed without undue expense. Given 
the ceilings, the stilings and the fixed moldings 
already done in color harmony with the con- 
structed details of any room, the renovation 
becomes merely a matter of removing the 
covering from the panel surfaces and substi- 
tuting the new conceit, while omitting the 
always expensive and disagreeable conse- 
quences eseniant upon ce process of redec- 
orating entire.’ ‘ 
' Wall. decoration in panels is used by the best 
designers and decorators in the country. It is 
a style that has won.favor not only because 
of its beauty and artistic effect, but because of 
its practicability, its economy and ease of 
change in. decoration... Beaver. ..Board is 
the most desirable material with which to 
make panels, and the style, finish and orna- 
mentation that may be given. them is infinite. 


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A. Bryant Parker’s interesting article. We are 
pleased to refer the reader to the instructive 
and practical article of ‘‘The Simple Sanitary 
Wall,’’ by Clauda Q. Murphy, which appeared 
in House and Gardens. There will be many 
similar articles appearing in the leading mag- 
azines that will be found most valuable to 
anyone contemplating building or decorating. 


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ACCESSORIES. 


NAILS. 

Beaver Flat Head Wire Nails, No. 14, 3-16 
inch head, 11% inches long, put up in one- 
pound packages, used for nailing edges of 
Beaver Finished Wall Board to studding, one 
pound sufficient for nailing 100 sq. ft. of board. 

Beaver Brad Head Wire Nails, No. 15, 1% 
inches long, put up 1 one-pound packages, 
used in nailing centers of panels to studding. 
One pound sufficient for nailing centres of 600 
sq. ft. of wall board. One pound sufficient for 
nailing 800 ft. of beading in position, placing 
nails 6 inches apart. 

BEAVER BEADING, PICTURE MOLDING, 
CHAIR RAIL AND WALL SHELF. 

Superior grained oak for staining. 

Excellent grained Hard Pine for staining and 
painting. 

Beaver Beading is a molding made from se- 
lected timbers of Oak and Hard Pine, well 
seasoned to insure satisfactory work. It is 
trimmed to 3 inch thick by 134, 1% and 2% 
inches wide for the straight angle. Same 
dimensions for the internal angle, with the 
two edges beveled so as to fit snugly in the 
corners, completely covering the nails and 
giving a most artistic appearance to the room. 


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Furnished in two designs, The Venetian and 
The Florentine, as per illustrations. 

When the Florentine design is desired ‘for 
corners, it can be used over beveled Venetian 
beading, as shown in illustration No. 14, or it 
can be used alone. 


Two pieces of either Venetian or Florentine 
beading can be nailed together at right angles 
to cover exterior or projecting angles, as 
shown in illustrations Nos. 12 and 16. 


Hither straight angle Venetian or Florentine 
beading can be used for corners by fitting in 
the angles as illustrated in No. 15. 

If special designs and drawings of beading, 
molding and wall shelves are furnished us, we 
will be pleased to quote prices covering same. 

These moldings furnished only in the nat- 
ural, dressed ready for staining or painting ; 
also furnished covered with Beaver Flexible 
Veneer. 

Beaver beading when stained in Flemish Oak 
gives a most exquisite artistic appearance in 
contrast with the rich Beaver Decorations. 

The beading is designed not only to com- 
pletely cover and seal] the seams, but to furnish 
an attractive wall decoration. 

This plan has been used much of late in fine 
construction with plastered walls and ceilings 
for no other purpose than that of a desirable 


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1—Venetian Beading Hard Pine Painted, 1% inches wide. 
2—Venetian Beading Hard Pine Stained, 134 inches wide. 
3—Venetian Beading Oak, 13 inches wide. 


4—Picture Molding—Quartered Oak Beaver Veneer, 2% 
inches wide. 


680 


2a ae Shelf—Quartered Oak Beaver Veneer, 3% inches 

wide. 

icra panies Beading—Chicut Beaver Veneer, 134 inches 
wide. 

7—Florentine Beading Hard Pine Painted, 1% inches wide. 

8—Florentine Beading Hard Pine Stained, 1% inches wide. 

9—Florentine Beading Oak, 1% inches wide. 

10—Picture Molding Hard Pine Stained, 2% inches wide. 

11—Wall Shelf Hard Pine Stained, 3% inches wide. 

12—Florentine Beading (Hard Pine) Stained, used on ex- 
terior angles, 13g inches wide. 

18—Venetian Beading (Hard Pine Stained) beveled for in- 
terior angles,, 13g inches wide. 

14—-(A) Beveled Venetian Beading. (B) Florentine Beading 
used over (A) for interior angles. 

15—Regular Venetian Beading (Oak) used for interior angles, 
134 inches wide. 

16—Venetian Beading (Oak) used on exterior angles, 1% 
inches wide. 

17 —Venetian Beading Hard Pine, Stained, ie inches wide. 

18 — ae ae “ec ‘ oe 2 R ins . 

19 — Chair Rail, 4 inches wide, Hard Pine, Painted. 

29 — Florentine Beading, Hard Pine, Stained, 1% inches wide. 

I— rs Ps Ue 3: Green Sumach Veneer. 
2% inches wide. , j 

22 — Venetian Chair Rail, 4 inches wide. 


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Library, Greenville, Ohio. 
Finished with Beaver Finished Wall Board. 


decoration. It is in vogue, as will be seen by 
referring to recent articles in leading maga- 
zines on interior decoration. All seams are 
made over studding with the panels tightly 
nailed together and the beading nailed over 
all, making a solid wall. 


The amount of beading required depends on 
the size of panels used. The larger the panel, 
the smaller the amount of beading. The style 
of the room also has to be considered, but this 
can easily be computed in measuring. 


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Beaver Plate Rail or Wall Shelf is a 
eonvenient and artistic decoration for dining 
rooms, dens, libraries, living rooms, etc. This 
plate rail herewith illustrated, is 314 inches 
wide, with grooves for holding pictures, plates, 
ete. It is matched and grooved, furnished in 
the knock down, so it can be nailed easily to 
the wall when assembling. Furnished in Oak 
and Hard Pine. 

This makes a very artistic decoration for any 
room and ean be used to excellent advantage 
in connection with the 60-inch and 72-inch 
panels, as this brings the plate rail to a height 
of 5 and 6 feet from the floor, and the distance 
from the plate rail to the ceiling can be coy- 
ered with the shorter panels. This wall shelf 
can also be used conveniently in nurseries 
placing it at a distance of 2 feet from the floor. 
It is also appropriate for bath rooms, finished 
in white enamel. 


BEAVER VENEERED MOLDINGS. 


These are regular seasoned accessories cov- 
eared with Beaver Flexible Veneer as per de- 
scription on page 46 to be used in connee- 
tion with Beaver Veneered Panels. 

We furnish the exact quantity of molding 
ordered as near as regular lengths permit. 


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BEAVER CHAIR RAIL. 


A heavy dignified protection to the wall, 
1 inch thick by 4 inches wide, furnished in 
oak and hard pine.- It is of simple grooved 
design and replaces the molding at the top 
of the lower panels when a low wainscot effect 
is desired. 

BEAVER PICTURE MOLDING. 


A substantial and attractive trimming 214 
inches wide by 1% inch thick., furnished in oak 
and hard pine.. It is used in place of the 
beading at the top of such panels where it is 
desired to hang pictures. 


Engine Room, Utica, N. Y. 


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DECORATIVE MATERIALS. 


To obtain the most satisfactory results use 
the Beaver decorative materials, as they are 
specially adapted to the Beaver Products. 

Beaver Oil Paints.—Made of the very best 
ingredients for use on the Beaver Board. 
They thoroughly incorporate with the fibres 
and thus insure permanency—cannot crack or 
peel. Carefully prepared, ready to use at a 
moment’s notice. Furnished in all colors. One 
gallon will cover about 500 sq. ft. one coat. 

Beaver Enamels.—Made of selected ingredi- 
ents to produce a hard, permanent enamel sur- 
face that will withstand cleaning with hot 
or cold water without injury. One gallon will 
eover about 400 sq. ft. one coat. 

Beaver Light Tints—Cold water tints of 
delicate shade, second to none. Inexpensive 
and easily applied. One pound will cover about 
50 sq. ft. one coat. - 

Beaver Deep Colors.—Cold water prepara- 
tion of permanent strong colors. Serviceable, 
ornamental and highly decorative. Can be 
mixed with white to lighten shade. One pound 
will cover about 50 sq. ft. one coat. 

Beaver Varnish Stains.—Combinations of 
stains and varnishes to be applied in one oper- 
ation. Dries with a gloss. Furnished in all 
colors. One gallon will cover about 400 sq. ft. 


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Beaver Mission Finish.—A new and artistic 
dull finish to use on all woods to bring out 
the natural beauty and grain, and produce the 
velvety mission finish so much in vogue. Made 
especially for beadings, plate rails and mold- 
ing. One gallon will cover about 400 sq. ft. 

Beaver First Coat Filler—Special sealing 
varnish to be used as first coat for Beaver 
Boards. Forms an excellent surface on the 
wall board over which may be applied any of 
the paints, enamels, stains, etc. One gallon 
will cover about 325 sq. ft. : 

Beaver Crack Filler—A tough, elastic, non- 
shrinking, non-poisonous specially prepared 
substance to fill the seams of Beaver ag 
Boards covered with Beaver Paints. 


DIRECTIONS PRINTED ON ALL CANS. 


We have estimated the covering capacity of 
each of above materials based on careful appli- 
cation, but the amount required depends very 
much on the one who applies it, as one man will 
put it on heavily and another will brush it out 
thoroughly. 

We are in a position to supply practically 
every known color, but on account of the in- 
finite variety of shades that can be produced 
by the Beaver Coloring Materials, it would be 
impractical to attempt to give a comprehensive 
idea of them by sending out sample cards. 


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We therefore suggest that after the color 
scheme has been decided upon, any medium 
that will convey an idea of colors desired be 
mailed to us and we will match them as near 
as can reasonably be expected. 

Catalogue of Beaver Decorative Stencils, con- 
taining illustration of 219 Stencils with instruc- 
tion for their use, prices, etc., will be mailed 
to any address for the asking. 


FREIGHT INFORMATION. 


Beaver Finished Wall Board takes third- 
class rate of freight in less than carload lots 
and fifth-class in carloads, in all parts of the 
United States and Canada, except through the 


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Southern States, where Beaver Board takes 
fifth-class rate in less than car lots and class 
‘A? in car lots. Beaver Finished Wall Board 
has been given a special commodity rate to all 
Pacific Coast terminals of $1.25 per cwt. in less 
than car lots and $.75 in car lots. Seventy-five 
thousand square feet being the minimum ear. 


We have been quoted commodity rates 
(a rate less than regular tariff) to many 
principal distant points and will see that our 
customers get the benefit of such existing 
rates. 


If your railroad agent is unable to give you 
correct information concerning cost of freight, 
etc., write us, fully stating amount of material 
you will need and we will gladly advise you 
promptly. 


We make it a rule to assist our customers 
in adjusting any difference they may have with 
the railroad companies in regard to delivery of 
orders. If shipments arrive in damaged condi- 
tion, have the agent write across the face of 
the freight bill specifying the extent of dam- 
age. Do this before you receive the shipment, 
then if you have any difficulty in collecting the 
damage send the bill to us with the railroad 
agent’s written statement and we will collect 
for you. 


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Our traffic department is maintained for the 
purpose of looking after all such matters and 
adjusting any reasonable claims that cannot be 
settled by our customers. 


TERMS AND SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS. 


All contracts are entered into subject to 
strikes, fire, accidents and delays beyond our 
control. All quotations subject to withdrawal 
or cancellation without notice. 

All orders are carefully packed and are sold 
f. o. b. Buffalo or Beaver Falls and without 


OFFICE 
Shreeveport, Louisiana. 


special instructions are shipped via the most 
practical route. 

We will gladly open an account with all re- 
sponsible persons. Those not having an estab- 
lished credit with R. G. Dun & Co. or Brad- 
street are requested to furnish, as references 
of their responsibility, the bank and the names 
of business men with whom they do business. 
All that is desired is that you convince us that 
you are worthy of our. confidence. | 

Terms—Prices are subject to 2% discount 
for cash in ten days, or net thirty days from 
shipment date. 

We keep a careful record of all orders and 
money received and in instances where too 
much is sent we promptly return amount over- ° 
paid. 

If there is no railroad agent at the station 
named in the order, the shipment will be made ~ 
to the nearest station where there is an agent, 
unless the remittance accompanying the order, 
includes the amount necessary to prepay the 
freight. We will upon’ request advise you 
the cost of freight upon your order. C. O. D. 
shipments cannot be made to stations with no 
agent. 


AS TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 


Those who are subscribers to the mercantile 
agencies can refer to R. G. Dun & Co., or Brad- 
street, and those who are not we refer to the 
Columbia National Bank, Chamber of Com- 
merce, Manufacturers’ Club, or any husiness 
firm in Buffalo. 


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SIX KINDS OF BEAVER BOARD. 

Beaver Finished Wall Board.—For general 
interior paneled and beading decoration. 

Beaver Fire-Proof Board—Beaver Board 
chemically re-treated to give it a fire-proof 
surface. This board is provided for special 
purposes where walls or ceilings are subjected 
to intense heat and asbestos quality is 
required. 

Beaver Indurated Board.—Beaver Board 
hardened and water-proofed for use in damp 
houses, cellars, veranda ceiling, boat houses, 
and for buildings in climates where the 
humidity is excessive, and on all walls and 
ceilings that are to be papered, in kitchens 
and laundries where there is much steam. For 
use without beading or Wall Paper. 

Beaver Veneered Panels.—Beaver Board 
laminated with Beaver Flexible Veneer pro- 
ducing same effect as the rich, rare and ex- 
pensive woods. 

Beaver Coated Siding.—Beaver Board water- 
proofed with coal tar products for poultry 
houses, cow sheds, shacks, and temporary con: 
struction buildings. Vermin-proof and sanitary. 
' Beaver Felspar Siding.—Beaver Board sur- 


faced with asphalt felt, and felspar. It is 
water and sunproof with a fire resisting: sur- 
face and produces beautiful effects when used 


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for upper stories in the English half timbered 
style. 

Beaver Flexible Veneers.—Special combina- 
tion of fibres in the consistency of paper form- 
ing most accurate reproductions of the rich 


and rare woods. 
The limits of this booklet do not permit of 


full description of each kind of Beaver Board. 
We will be pleased to furnish full information 
regarding any of the six kinds. Do not 
hesitate to ask us. We are never too busy to 
give immediate attention to your questions. 
Write us now. 


Filing Case made of Beaver Indurated Board. 
72 


¥1 xe 


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